RE: Atheism & the Middle East.
November 7, 2014 at 6:55 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2014 at 6:56 am by WinterHold.)
(November 7, 2014 at 6:48 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:(November 7, 2014 at 5:53 am)simplemoss Wrote: Isn't communistic atheism pretty popular over there? I know Ethiopia Somalia Libya and Afghanistan have had Communist movements and the Kurdish pkk are Communists (yes the same Kurds were supporting in Syria and Iraq) but I've never really seen alot of atheist persecution in the middle east. Maybe where Shari'a law is upheld but Christians live in the middle east by millions and there not killed everyday (regardless of what fox news would have think)
Although saying that the Coptics have been persecuted and driven from their homes by the thousands in Syria and Iraq.
Many have also been killed in Egypt following the 'Arab Spring'.
This is false and stereotypical information.
Coptics are Christians of Egypt ; there are not copt people in Iraq or Syria ; there are " Christians".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copts
I was in Egypt during the arab spring. And completed my study during it ; too.
Copts weren't dying.
Protestors were being killed which is a different case.
The wealthiest families in Egypt are coptic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawiris_Family
Quote:In 2008, Forbes estimated the family's net worth at $36 billion.[3][4][5][6]
